Your hair changes. So do you. Maybe that's the point.

Hair is funny.

We cut it. Grow it. Curl it. Straighten it. Color it. Shave it. Cover it. Lose it. Find gray ones and stare at them accusingly in the mirror. 😆

And somehow it becomes part of how we recognize ourselves.

Hair has practical jobs too. Hair follicles sit within the skin, and different hairs help with sensation and protection. Hair also grows in cycles, which is one reason it is constantly changing rather than remaining exactly the same throughout our lives.

Sometimes you just have to change it and get a new you.

Your Hair Is Not a Report Card

Hair could reveal things happening inside your body.

Hair can sometimes be useful in specialized testing, but your hair is not a perfect little history book capable of diagnosing your health, nutrition, hormones or every questionable decision you've ever made. Thank goodness. 😂

Nutrition does matter to normal hair growth, and significant nutritional deficiencies or other health changes can sometimes affect hair. But hair changes can have many causes. If you notice sudden, substantial or unexplained hair loss or scalp changes, that belongs in a conversation with a qualified health professional - not a beauty blog.

Hair + Beard Oil

For everyday care, I prefer simple.

Heidi Hair by Heidi Callender® Hair + Beard Oil is a lightweight, concentrated oil made for hair, beard and scalp.

Use a small amount on wet or dry hair to soften coarse-feeling strands, smooth flyaways and add shine. Work it through a beard to make coarse hair feel softer and condition dry-feeling skin underneath. A little can also be used on a dry-feeling scalp.

And yes, a softer beard is much more pleasant during a kissing spree.😆

A little goes a long way.

Hair. Beard. Scalp. Just Goodness.

He Counts Every Hair

But hair means something else to me, too.

Jesus said, “the very hairs of your head are all numbered” in Luke 12:7. Why? Because "you are worth more than many sparrows." The point isn't really hair.

It's worth. It’s knowing your worth. It’s knowing you’re worth it.

You’re worth goodness, love, life. Maybe a simple hair cut can remind you of this.

You are worth many sparrows so do not be afraid. Something as ordinary and insignificant to us as a strand of hair is not outside God's notice - and neither are we.

I love that image. I love my new hair.

Not because I think God is sitting in heaven maintaining a follicle spreadsheet.😆

Because it reminds me that being known by God reaches all the way down to the details.

Gray Hair Has Something to Say

We live in a culture that often treats visible aging as something to correct.

I don't want to do that.

Proverbs 16:31 calls gray hair a crown of glory by living a godly life. Throughout Scripture, age and experience can carry wisdom, responsibility and honor.

That doesn't mean you have to keep your gray hair. Color it if you love coloring it. Wear it silver if you love it silver. Your hair color is not a spiritual test.

But maybe we can stop treating every sign that we've lived another year as bad news.

You are allowed to enjoy caring for your appearance without declaring war on your age.

Goodness Shows Differently

Your hair doesn't need to prove that you're healthy, young, successful, spiritual or beautiful.

It's hair.

Care for it. Have fun with it. Change it when you feel like it. Let it turn gray. Dye it purple. Grow a beard. Shave the beard. Then grow it back because somebody missed the beard.

But don't ask your reflection to tell you what you're worth.

God already answered that question.

Consuming Goodness.

Good in. Good out.

Love yourself, as yourself. Gal. 5:14®